Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ This Too Shall Pass ❯ This Too Shall Pass- Two ( Chapter 2 )

Sorry for the long wait. I just only like to write when I have a really good burst of inspiration and I just had one. So, anyway here's this chapter and another one will be out sometime tomorrow. Surprise! It's already written, I'm just tweaking it here and there.

Thank you to everyone who has commented so far, that' s what has propelled me to keep going with this little story of mine. Especially the e-mails. I truly appreciate the extra effort and I especially hope you like this. ^_^

Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon

This Too Shall Pass: Chapter 2

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Where does it hurt?

Where is the pain?

You know if I could

I'd make it go away

It's not the end of the world

No, not Heaven on Earth

I can make it better

So tell me where it hurts

~unknown writer

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Yamato turned the water off and wrung the cloth out over the sink. He stepped out and kicked the bathroom door closed with his foot. He approached his bed where Taichi lay with one arm thrown across his eyes and the other above his head.

"Taichi?" he whispered softly

Tai groaned and mumbled something to the effect of 'lights?'

The blonde sat on the edge of the bed and moved his boyfriends arm from across his eyes. Taichi winced as Yamato put the wet cloth to his face.

"I'll get them in a sec Tai." he assured the slightly out-of-touch brunette.

Matt ran the rag over Taichi's face, to cool him and calm him a bit. His hands were still shaking slightly.

When he was satisfied with that, he got up from the bed and hit the light switch, at the same time turning the fan on to medium speed.

Behind him, Taichi turned on his side and curled up, closing his eyes and sighing softly.

After throwing the wet cloth into the hamper, Yamato got on the bed behind Taichi and wrapped one arm around the brunettes waist, taking his trembling hands in the other silently.

He stroked Tai's hands with his fingers. Taichi would be okay after he rested for awhile. When this happened to him...it didn't hurt him, excluding the injuries he almost always gave himself, but it did leave him quite shaken for a while after.

Matt frowned slightly. Taichi had bruised his arm up pretty good, but there wasn't anything he could do for a bruise but let it heal on it's own.

Softly and silently, Yamato kissed Taichi's neck. Quiet, dark, cool. That's how Tai liked it after he was calmed down. The tranquility of the room relaxed him.

Taichi was drained, physically and mentally. He was tired and usually slept a solid three or so hours after an attack like this.

Yamato always wanted to whisper soothing words in his ear and tell him how much he loved him, but that would only, well, annoy Taichi right now. So the blonde settled for laying his head next to the already sleeping brunettes and following him into his dreams.

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Taichi woke a few hours later in the same position he had fallen asleep in. Yamato's arms still wrapped around him.

Slowly, so as not to wake the other, the brunette disentangled the arms from his body and slipped out of the bed.

Trudging to the kitchen, he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. His dry throat was thankful for the relief. Turning to leave again, Tai noticed Yamato's guitar lying on the ground where he had dropped it some hours before.

Tai felt a surge of guilt course through him.

'I do this to him all the time.'

Stooping down, Taichi picked up the guitar case and brought it over to the wall, leaning it against the plaster. He just stood, looking at it.

'He doesn't deserve this. Nobody does. It isn't fair.'

"Tai-chan?"

'It's not fair.'

"Tai..."

"it's not fair."

Warm arms wrapped around him from behind as he stood, still staring towards the wall.

"You shouldn't have to put up with this. You don't deserve this kind of shit Yamato."

"I don't deserve you?"

Tai turned in the blonde's grasp.

"You know that's not what I meant."

Yamato held the other boy closer

"I know." Tai's head rested alongside the blonde's shoulder. "But it's you Taichi. No matter how much we don't want it, this is part of you. And I think I already told you I love you, all of you, not just the good parts."

Tai backed up a bit and looked Yamato in the eye.

"But I don't want this to be a part of me! I want it to go away! I don't want to be sick like this!" Tears formed in the brunette's eyes. "It's not...I don't....want it..."

Matt stepped forward and took Tai's hand in his own.

"I know you don't." he whispered "But I don't think it's going anywhere." he looked down into Taichi's eyes "But neither am I."

Taichi laughed bitterly

"You should. Start running Yamato, fast and far, and don't look back."

"Nope. For better or worse. In sickness and in health, right?"

"We're not married."

"Close enough for now." Matt smiled "Hey, how many people can honestly say at sixteen that they've found their soul mates? Not many Taichi. I'm not gonna give that up, not now and not ever." The blonde stepped closer "This is where I belong. You're where I belong."

Tanned arms were wrapped around Matt's neck.

"...You're an idiot, you know that don't you?...It's not that often I get to say that to someone else."

Matt laughed and Taichi smiled.

"You're not an idiot."

"Oh yes I am and so are you."

After a bit they wandered over to the couch. Yamato's head rested in Taichi's lap as the boy ran his fingers through blonde locks. Yamato had his eyes closed, but he was smiling, which made Taichi smile too.

"Are you going to stay until tomorrow?"

"Yeah...what time does your dad get home?"

"Around noon. Plenty of time."

Tai raised an eyebrow

"Plenty of time for what?"

"...whatever."

Tai scowled playfully and thumped his boyfriend on the head.

"Baka."

"Ow..." Matt whined. "You never let me have any fun...I'll take you home around 10 okay?"

"Okay."

Taichi bent down and kissed the blue-eyed boy on the lips. Yamato opened his eyes lazily.

"And to what do I owe that?"

"Love."

Yamato sat up and leaned in for another kiss.

"You're in love with me, huh?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

Matt kissed him again.

"Always."

"That's better."

"You'd better be nice to me Ishida."

"And why is that?"

"Because if you're really good I might just want to...whatever...before I go home." Taichi smiled seductively

"Aw, I was just kidding Taichi...really?"

Tai got off the couch and started walking slowly backward towards the bedroom, beckoning the other boy after him.

Yamato's eyes lit up as he followed. He knew they would probably just fall asleep together, but just being with Tai was enough for him.

No matter what Taichi ever saw when he looked in the mirror, the hazel-eyed boy was an angel to him. Every second he spent with him felt stolen somehow and he relished every moment they were together, no matter what they were doing.

Taichi was gorgeous in the dim light of his bedroom. Eyes half-lidded and smiling seductively. His hair hung into his eyes a bit, messy from sleep, and his tanned skin seemed to almost glow.

Cuddling was definitely more than okay.

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"I'm home!" Taichi called.

Kari peeked over the back of the couch.

"Hey Oni-chan, hey Matt. You finally brought my brother back? It's about time!" she put her hands on her hips in an attempt to look annoyed as Taichi ambled off to his room to throw his bag on the bed "I thought you were going to keep him forever."

"If only." Yamato mumbled

"I heard that." both siblings chimed together.

"I hope you two behaved yourselves." Kari warned playfully

Taichi stuck his head out of his room and smiled broadly

"Of course."

Kari looked to Yamato with critical eyes.

Matt smiled nervously

"What he said."

Hikari and Yamato were friends and Kari trusted Matt with her brother...for the most part. As sweet and kind as the young light was, she was a force to be reckoned with when it came to her brother's well being and she never seemed to trust anyone with him fully, not even their parents really.

Taichi walked out of his room and trudged towards the kitchen.

"Leave him alone Hikari, you're making him twitch." Tai ruffled her hair on the way by

She saw his arm

The taller brunette continued on his way and Kari shot a look over to his counterpart. Matt shook his head slightly.

"Taichi, I'm gonna go look at Kari's new photo program. We'll be right back, kay?"

Some grunted noise of acknowledgment was heard as Matt drug Kari off to her room.

The door closed

"He's okay" he said immediately

Hikari looked at him like she was deciding whether to scream or cry.

"That is not okay Yamato," she whispered viciously "what happened?"

"He just got into a mood, he was curled up on the kitchen floor when I walked in."

"When you walked in?! You left him alone when he was like that?!"

"No! He was okay that morning."

"You should have called me!"

"I didn't know!"

"You should know, you should have stayed with him!"

"I-" Matt's shoulders sagged "I know."

Kari's eyes lost the fire that had been in them as she pulled the tall blonde down to her and hugged him.

"I'm sorry Matt. I shouldn't have said any of that. It wasn't your fault... I...I just...worry."

The blonde head against her shoulder nodded as she let him go.

"Does he seem okay now?"

"Yeah. He's been fine all day."

"Okay." The girl took a deep breath "Okay...I won't say anything if you tell me he's fine, I trust you."

Nothing would be said about the marks on Taichi's arm by anyone, including Taichi. The bruises were visible, Taichi knew it, but he didn't acknowledge it. That was one of the unspoken ways that he trusted Yamato. When something happened, but he was okay, he trusted Matt to keep any unwanted questions and attention away from him. In return, Taichi didn't try to hide anything from him anymore. It was a system that had taken quite a bit of time to perfect, and it worked.

"He is alright, isn't he?"

Matt smiled bitterly and sighed.

"For now."

"Alright..." Kari trailed off "I am sorry Yamato. I have no right to put that on you. You've helped him more than anything, and I appreciate that."

Yamato smiled genuinely.

"It's alright Kar. I know you're a protective little bitch when it comes to your brother."

Kari smiled too...right before hitting the blonde on the head with an Algebra book.

"Ow!" the blue-eyed boy whined as he rubbed the sore spot on his head.

The girl walked past him and opened the door

"Smartass"

Hikari went right to the couch and turned on the TV. Yamato walked out of the room, still rubbing his head. And Taichi came out of the kitchen with a bowl of macaroni in his hand.

He blinked at Yamato, scowled, and turned to his sister.

"Dammit Hikari! Stop beating up my boyfriend!"

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The way I portray Kari in this is overprotective. If anyone saw her as a bitch, I'm sorry, that was not my intent, she just really loves her brother and wants to protect him. I like Hikari as a character and she is a good guy. She won't be like that all the time. I'm still going to have her as sweet and innocent and demure and everything, it was just in this particular situation that she was not very happy.

Thanks to everyone for being so patient! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah (sp?), and Happy Kwanzaa! Have fun!! ^_^

~Broken Angel